{"id":190642,"date":"2025-09-29T15:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/29\/the-white-house-responds-to-ariana-grande-criticizing-trumps-second-term-save-your-tears\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:09:49","slug":"the-white-house-responds-to-ariana-grande-criticizing-trumps-second-term-save-your-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/09\/29\/the-white-house-responds-to-ariana-grande-criticizing-trumps-second-term-save-your-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House Responds to Ariana Grande Criticizing Trump\u2019s Second Term: \u2018Save Your\u00a0Tears\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/billboard.com\/artist\/ariana-grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ariana-grande-re-shares-post-trump-voters-life-gotten-better-1236077590\/\">slammed<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s administration on her Instagram Stories Sunday (Sept. 29), a spokesperson for the president fired back at the Grammy-winning singer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ariana-grande-re-shares-post-trump-voters-life-gotten-better-1236077590\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/white-house-ariana-grande-trump-1236077863\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ariana-grande-vma-2025-02-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Ariana Grande attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAriana Grande Re-Shares Viral Post Asking Trump Voters: \u2018Has Your Life Gotten\u00a0Better?\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/dua-lipa-ariana-grande-cover-one-last-time-miami-concert-1236077464\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/white-house-ariana-grande-trump-1236077863\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/dua-lipa-miami-concert-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Dua Lipa\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAriana Grande Reacts to Dua Lipa\u2019s \u2018One Last Time\u2019 Cover at Miami Tour\u00a0Stop\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/faith-evans-president-trump-tylenol-autism-link-ryders-room-1236075307\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/white-house-ariana-grande-trump-1236077863\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/faith-evans-maternal-health-summit-2024-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Faith Evans attends Project Pit's Maternal Health Summit at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw on August 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFaith Evans Tells Parents Not to Let President Trump\u2019s Tylenol-Autism Link \u2018Get You in a Tizzy If It\u2019s Not\u00a0Proven\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a statement provided to <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/09\/29\/white-house-reacts-ariana-grande-trump-instagram-reshare\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a><\/em>, White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai responded to Grande\u2019s post, attempting to refute the points she shared about the Trump administration\u2019s actions during the president\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cSave your tears, Ariana, because President Trump\u2019s actions ended Joe Biden\u2019s inflation crisis and are bringing in trillions in new investments,\u201d Desai claimed. \u201cHe even signed an executive order just like magic that paved the way for the FTC to crack down on Ticketmaster for ripping off Ariana Grande\u2019s concert-going fans. Get well soon, Ariana!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile Desai claims that the president \u201cended\u201d the inflation crisis, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/economy\/u-s-inflation-worsened-last-month-putting-fed-in-difficult-spot-as-job-market-slows\" target=\"_blank\">a report<\/a> earlier this month from the U.S.  Department of Labor showed that inflation increased to 2.9% in August, marking the biggest increase to consumer prices since January. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission did <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/18\/g-s1-89496\/ftc-live-nation-ticketmaster-lawsuit-ticket-resales\" target=\"_blank\">announce<\/a> a lawsuit aimed at Live Nation and Ticketmaster for misleading consumers about resale ticket prices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn her original post, Grande reshared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPKLtSTgRFg\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a recent infographic<\/a> from activist Matt Bernstein, who questioned Trump voters over the current state of political affairs. \u201cIt\u2019s been 250 days. now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all \u2014 has your life gotten better?\u201d the post asked. \u201cHas the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way he promised it would, or are you still waiting?\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/white-house-ariana-grande-trump-1236077863\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Ariana Grande slammed Donald Trump\u2019s administration on her Instagram Stories Sunday (Sept. 29), a spokesperson for the president fired back at the Grammy-winning singer. Related Ariana Grande Re-Shares Viral Post Asking Trump Voters: \u2018Has Your Life Gotten\u00a0Better?\u2019 Ariana Grande Reacts to Dua Lipa\u2019s \u2018One Last Time\u2019 Cover at Miami Tour\u00a0Stop Faith Evans Tells Parents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}